Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 18

Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)

Devanagari script

शौचेन सतत युक्त: सदाचारसमन्वित: । सानुक्रोशश्व भूतेषु तद्‌ द्विजातिषु लक्षणम्‌,सर्वदा शौच और सदाचारका पालन करे और समस्त प्राणियोंपर दयाभाव बनाये रकक्‍्खे; यह ब्राह्मणका प्रधान लक्षण है

Transliteration

śaucena satata-yuktaḥ sadācāra-samanvitaḥ | sānukrośaś ca bhūteṣu tad dvijātiṣu lakṣaṇam ||

Translation

婆罗堕阇说：当恒常奉持清净，具足善行，并对一切众生怀悲悯之心——此乃二生者（dvija），尤以婆罗门为最，作为法（dharma）与伦理生活之准则的标志。

Word by Word

• शौचेन: by purity/cleanliness
• शौचेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सततम्: always, constantly
• सततम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• युक्तः: joined/engaged (in), devoted
• युक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदाचार-समन्वितः: endowed with good conduct
• सदाचार-समन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स-अनुक्रोशः: compassionate
• स-अनुक्रोशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुक्रोश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भूतेषु: among beings/creatures
• भूतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• द्विजातिषु: among the twice-born (esp. Brahmins etc.)
• द्विजातिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• लक्षणम्: mark, characteristic
• लक्षणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• dvijāti (twice-born classes)
• brāhmaṇa (implied as the primary referent)